Harvard University is ranked number 1 for the seventh year in a row followed by Stanford University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

“University of Cambridge, U.K, is ranked fourth, while University of Oxford, also in the U.K, is ranked fifth.

“Among the top 10 universities are University of California, Berkeley, U.S (sixth); Princeton University, U.S (seventh); Columbia University, U.S (eighth); California Institute of Technology, U.S (ninth); and the University of Chicago, U.S (10th).”

Also on the list are seven universities from South Africa, four from Egypt, and one each from Uganda and Tunisia.

The U.S leads with 213 universities in the top 1000, followed by China (108), the United Kingdom (62), France (58), Japan (56), Germany (54), Italy (45), Spain (38), South Korea (35), and Canada (28) round up the top 10 countries.

According to CWUR, “CWUR’s rankings grade universities on seven factors without relying on surveys and university data submissions: quality of teaching, alumni employment, quality of faculty, research output, quality publications, influence, and citations.

“The methodology has been enhanced this year, with research now accounting for 70 per cent of the total score.”

Meanwhile, the National Universities Commission (NUC) has released the list of 58 illegal universities in Nigeria.

According to the commission, the listed universities are yet to be licensed by the federal government and have been shut down for violating the national minimum standard for education, Premium Times reports.

Legit.ng gathered that the commission, in bulletin released on Monday, May 21, from the office of the executive secretary of NUC, dated May 14, listed all the illegal universities across the country.